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Join the Aman family on their exciting adventure on an African safari! Along the way, they learn valuable lessons about positive thinking, optimism, and making good assumptions. Through fun and engaging illustrations, young readers will discover the importance of seeing the best in others and how a positive attitude can make all the difference in their lives. From encountering a beautiful lioness with a long flowing mane and big-eared, long-trunk...

Explore the outdoors and build wilderness skills with activities for kids ages 6 to 9 Get ready for adventure in the great outdoors! There's so much to see and do when you're out camping or hiking-- even in your own backyard. Encourage kids to explore the world around them and learn important wilderness skills with this activity book. It's full of projects and ideas to spark a love of nature and help kids have tons of fun outdoors. Kids will...

KIDFUN: 401 Easy Ideas for Play Ages 2 to 8 is just what every adult has been searching for. Filled with hundreds of ideas for good, creative play for children that requires no use of electronics, it is the ultimate imagination builder. Great for playtime; rainy days; car trips; waiting in line; classrooms or any other time when kids need to have a creative activity that is old-fashioned FUN AND PLAY at its best! This easy to follow, step-by-step...

Would you like to become expert at spotting a zombie? Can you separate zombie fact from zombie fiction? Would you like to know if you suffer from kinemortophobia? If the answer to these questions is yes, then you have taken your first steps into the heart-pounding, nerve-jangling and adrenaline-filled life of a zombie catcher! When the Zombie Apocalypse arrives, you must be ready. You need to be able to preserve yourself, your family and the rest...

Guess What I Am was inspired by the inquisitive minds that I deal with on a daily basis! Children are always asking questions, needing to know all! I wanted to try to assist with the learning process by making a fun and mind-searching question and answer book. This I Spy meets Dr. Seuss seemed to fulfill that idea. This book targets the young child age group but can be fun for all.

Explore the different kind of maps and how to use them through bright, full-color photographs, and along with key text features. Strongly correlated to the Common Core Standards for Informational Text, young readers will develop skills in understanding and interpreting information from pictures, charts, and maps.

We all have special gifts to share! Most kids are nervous going to a new school, but it's even harder for Betsy; because, she is trying to hide a secret. She can't read like everyone else. But over time, she learns she is much smarter than she thinks, and everyone learns things in their own special way. Betsy Did It introduces the topic of dyslexia and how, children can learn to read with the proper support. Author Patricia Prevosti used her personal...

Harmony, is a little girl that lives just outside the city. She discovers her Grandmother's hat collection in her grandmother's room. Leading her to a whole new world of possibilities. Harmony learns the power of girls, while exploring the many hats her grandmother has worn throughout the years. This precious story show a loving relationship between a wonderful little girl and her grandmother. Revealing the importance of supporting young girls to...

Readers will be fascinated by the incredible Incas, where at the height of their development, they were 12 million people from more than 100 different ethnic groups. Books of the Real Life Readers Program use real life scenario narratives to help readers further develop content-area reading, writing, and comprehension skills.